SEOUL, NNC -- Seungri, a member of the South Korean K-Pop band Big Bang, has given a surprise announcement to the public, especially for fans of the KPop entertainment industry.

Seungri is reportedly involved in a prostitution scandal currently under investigation by the South Korean authorities. Earlier, police arrested and searched ARENA's club as part of an investigation into KakaoTalk's message allegedly from Seungri, which offered prostitution services to his business clients.

After the search, the police immediately named the Big Bang member as a suspect in the prostitution scandal.

On Monday (11/3/2019), Seungri finally spoke to the public for the first time since he was named a suspect.

He member uploaded a letter to his personal Instagram account, thanking his fans for ten years of support and announcing his resignation from the entertainment world.

The following is Seungri's message posted on his personal Instagram account, which was viewed by netralnews.com on Monday (11/3/2019).

"This is Seungri.

At the moment, it looks like it will be good for me to retire from the entertainment industry. I decided to retire from the entertainment industry because of the social controversy that arose. I am being investigated, and I will accept the inquiry sincerely so that suspicion will be revealed.

During the past one and a half months, I have received criticism and hatred from the public and in a situation where every investigative agent in this country is investigating me. I can't accept causing pain to the people around me just for my sake.

I would like to express my sincere thanks to all fans both inside and outside Korea who have shown love to me for the past ten years. For the sake of and for Big Bang and YG, [my career] ends here.